Judy Erola
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The Honourable Judy Erola PC |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Nickel Belt |
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In office 1980–1984 |
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| Preceded by | John Rodriguez |
| Succeeded by | John Rodriguez |
| Minister of State for Mines | |
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In office 1980 – August 12, 1983 |
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| Preceded by | new position |
| Succeeded by | Roger Simmons |
| Minister responsible for the Status of Women | |
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In office September 22, 1981 – September 16, 1984 |
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| Preceded by | Lloyd Axworthy |
| Succeeded by | Barbara McDougall |
| Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs | |
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In office August 12, 1983 – September 16, 1984 |
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| Preceded by | André Ouellet |
| Succeeded by | Michel Côté |
| Personal details | |
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Judith Jacobson January 16, 1934 Sudbury, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Occupation | broadcaster, sales executive |
Judith Erola, née Jacobson, PC (born January 16, 1934) is a former Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Nickel Belt in the Canadian House of Commons from 1980 to 1984. She was a member of the Liberal Party.
Born in Sudbury, Ontario, Erola worked as a radio and television broadcaster in Sudbury. At CKSO-TV, she made history as the first woman employed by a Canadian television station as a weather reporter, and also presented segments on fashion. She later became an account executive for CHNO, and married Vic Erola, the owner of a marina on Lake Panache.
Following the death of her husband Vic in 1977, Erola decided to pursue a career in politics. She ran in the 1979 election as the Liberal candidate in Nickel Belt, losing to incumbent New Democrat John Rodriguez. Her campaign in that year was marked in part by a stumble when her election brochure called for "nationalization of farmland usage policies"; challenged in a radio interview to clarify her position given that the Liberal Party was generally opposed to nationalization, she clarified that the word was a typographical error whose intended meaning was rationalization.
Erola defeated Rodriguez in the 1980 election. She faced some controversy during and after the election campaign, both for characterizing Rodriguez as a Marxist in her election literature and for a telephone message targeted to housewives, which appeared to suggest that electing a woman to the House of Commons was more important than having representation for labour issues, a position which starkly divided the city in the still-lingering aftermath of the devastating Sudbury Strike of 1978.
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